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Lighthouse History
Built: 1st lighthouse 1767 / 2nd lighthouse 1837 Type: 1st lighthouse Brick Tower / 2nd lighthouse Tower Height: 1st lighthouse 43 feet / 2nd lighthouse 102 feet Status: Non-Active Location: Middle Bay Island Deactivated: 1st tower Destroyed / 2nd tower Destroyed 1861 Lens: 1st Tower 1812 Lamp Reflector System / 2nd tower 1858 First Order Keepers: Notes: In the 1700s there
were three islands that stretched for four miles between Folly Island and
Sullivan's Island. They were named Middle Bay Island, Morrison Island,
and Cummings Point. The first Charleston lighthouse was built on Middle
Bay Island in 1767. The tower rose forty-three feet and served well,
until it was darkened for a period during the Revolutionary War. After
the war, one of the first acts of the new Congress was to establish the
Lighthouse Service, which took control of all existing navigational aids.
The South Carolina Legislature thus transferred the Charleston Lighthouse
along with 565 acres on Middle Bay Island to the federal government. Various
improvements were subsequently made to increase the range of the light.
During 1801 and 1802, the tower was heightened, and in 1812 an Aragand
lamp-reflector system was installed.
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